Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Shepard Smith Reporting 20161118 :

Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Shepard Smith Reporting 20161118

First from the fox news desk, at lealast its friday. President elect trump scheduled to leave for new jersey to meet with former republican nominee mitt romney tomorrow. This after the president elect today tapped through conservatives for top positions in his administration. Jeff sessions, retired general Michael Flynn for National Security adviser, and the kansas republican congressman mike pompeo to head up the cia. All three have slammed president obamas counterterrorism and National Security policies. They also have long careers in public service. Senator sessions was one of the president elects earliest supporters during the campaign. Hes been in Congress Nearly two decades. He serves on the Senate Judiciary committee and other panels. Senator sessions has also faced quite a bit of controversy. Former president Ronald Reagan nominate him to be a federal judge in the 1980s when he was a u. S. Attorney in alabama. The senate rejected nowsenator sessions after people who worked with him accused him of being a blatant racist. One africanamerican assistant u. S. Attorney testified that sessions called him boy and said sessions thought that kkk members were ookay until he learned they smoked marijuana. A trump adviser said the Transition Team does not anticipate that being a problem this time around. Retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn does not need Senate Confirmation to be a National Security adviser. The general was another of trumps most loyal supporters during the campaign. General flynn spent more than three decades in the military. Hes a registered democrat and serves as director of Defense Intelligence agency under president obama. The retired general stepped down from that position in 2014 or was forced out. He says Obama Administration officials forced him out because he disagreed with their approach to fighting terrorism. Critics claimed he mismanaged that agency. They also accuse him of insummiting muslims repeated insulting muslims repeatedly. He tweeted, fear of muslims is rational. Please forward this to others. The truth fears no questions. The tweet included a link to a Youtube Video about radical islam. Congressman mike pompeo will face a Senate Confirmation process to become cia director. The kansas republican joined the house in 2011. Analysts call him one of the most conservative members of the freshman class. He serves on intelligence, energy, and commerce committees and the House Select Committee on benghazi. The former cia and nsa director, michael hayden, calls congressman pompeo a serious man and says he is heartened at the selection to be americas spy chief. Analysts say the latest selections may show president elect trump is good on his Campaign Promise to be a conservative commander in chief. You may remember before the election, some republicans accused donald trump of not being a true conservative. His old gop rival, ted cruz, called him a rich new york liberal and compared him to Hillary Clinton. Doug mckelway at trump tower where trump will be hitting the road in a minute. Doug . Reporter hi, and given some of nation sessions remarks from long ago and given mike pompeos remarks and tea party affiliation, democrats who were so badly wound ed on Election Night not happy with the confirmation process. Were hearing that will be the case. The soontobe minority leader Chuck Schumer said in statement today, im quoting now, i know senator sessions, and we have worked out in the gym. The fact that he is a senator does not absolve flim answering tough questions in the confirmation process. Given some of his past statements and thoughts on Immigration Reform, i am very concerned about what he would do with the Civil Rights Division at the justice department. Senator Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is standing by his man and issued a statement following up saying, when it was collaborating with senator durbin to address sentencing disparities or keeping up with ted kennedy to combat Sexual Assault in prison, jeff has always looked out for the safety, security, and freedoms of his constituents and the nation. Now to the cattle call. Senator tomc cotton of arkansas is seen as a potential candidate for secretary of defense. Form governor Mike Huckabee of arkansas also here. Considered to be a candidate for any number of potential cabinet positions. Also here today, our boss, rupert murdoch. I ran for the truck when i saw that. Its always best. Doug, good to see you. Thank you. Chris wallace, anchor of Fox News Sunday live from the capitol hill newsroom. Lets go through these starting with senator sessions. He has detractors. Oh, absolutely. A couple of things. First of all, there is the 1986 of he was a u. S. Attorney as you mentioned, he was named to the federal court, the District Court by Ronald Reagan in 1986. He had to go for Senate Confirmation, and the senate refus refused. It was almost entirely about this issue of civil rights. He had made a number of statements at the time. He had said he believed the naacp was unamerican. The aclu unamerican, and he also brought up voter fraud against some civil rights workers who had registered a lot of africanamericans. Now this was 30 years ago. You can be sure that democrats in the senate are i did an interview with Chuck Schumer, democratic leader. He made it clear theres not going to be the Senate Boys Club here. Theyre going to be tough on him both on a civil rights record and also much more recently in terms of immigration. Hes been one of the leading spokesmen against Immigration Reform in the senate. So im not sure that theyre going to be able to block him, but theyre going to make things tough for sessions during his confirmation hearing. Then theres general Michael Flynn. And frankly, chris, people on both sides of the aisle are expressing not everyone, but a lot of people on both sides of the aisle are expressing deep concern. Well, look, he very much mirrors donald trump. And he was the first Major General National Security official support trump and trump and he were very much in tune on foreign policy. On two main issues first of all, a very hard line against islam, and a somewhat softer line when i say islam, i should say radical islamic terrorism. He as he said in the tweet that you showed, has raised questions about islam saying its natural to fear islam. Thats going to raise eyebrows. Also hes been softer as has trump when it comes to russia. In fact over for a big gala celebrating r. T. , it the russian sponsored run television network, english Language Television network in moscow this year and performance seat alongside vladimir putin. They get along on that. That job is not subject to Senate Confirmation. Thats a white house staff job. People can grumble all they want. Thats who donald trump wants at his right hand. Speaking outside the golden elevators. Lets listen what our meeting was about, it really should come from him. Whats that . [ inaudible ] concerned with it . You know, i feel like im going to serve my country when im not inside or outside of government. And im going to be loyal to donald trump because i believed in him as a candidate. I stood by him throughout. Im not looking i didnt come here looking for a job and did not campaign for him because, you know, i was needing work. Any reaction lots of people going to visit trump. Hes going to be on the road in a minute. Theyre moving this chatathon going on that will go on through the weekend, moving it to new jersey to the Trump National golf club, on 600 acres. I think the secret service will be happy. Its almost impossible to secure trump tower because it has Retail Stores on the bottom floor and then the police saying whenever he comes to visit trump tower once he is president , theyll have to sunset down everything from 5 1 st. Street o 67th youre loving at me again. I dont like it. Mike pompeo i havent heard a lot of whining about him. Mike pomp yeo as cia director seems to be going over well. Hes conservative. Okay. As barack obama said, i won, and elections have consequences, to republicans when he became president. Thats what donald trump can say. Hes very conservative, was a member of house intelligence botch was a member of the House Benghazi Committee and one of the tougher questioners of Hillary Clinton during that 11hour marathon hearing. But solid credentials. And i suspect hell have very little trouble getting through as the cia director. Let me quickly say, you talk about the fact that hes going to be spending the weekend at his golf club in bed minister, new jersey, a place ive never been fortunate enough to be. And a big meeting with mitt romney. These guys said terrible things about each other during the primary campaign. Stow very least, it shows trumps not nursing a grudge, that he wants to have inclusiveness among republicans and democrats. Theres talk about him as a potential secretary of state. I frankly doubt it. Not just because of the things theyve said about each other, but also because trump and romney have very different views on foreign policy, especially when it comes to russia. Romney much harder line. So look, Stranger Things have happened, id be surprised if hes secretary of state. Stranger things but not recently. The last time you were here was a week ago, tuesday, election day. Do you remember that . Roll it i dropped my chipstick. Should i at least on the floor for someone else to pick up . Well, i dont know. You could wait until the break. I need it. Its chapstick. You have a little chapstick fetish, dont you . Fetish . No. I think you dune what you that means . What . Chapstick . Yes, its a lip balm. I think youre a little ocd. You like your lipstick. Youre not a nice man. Guess what came in the mail today . Must be happy with that chapstick fetish. You must be like a pig in slop. Google the word and realize that is not what i have. The fine people at pfizer were apparently watching do you think anybody do you think any normal person would be that excited about getting chapstick . Should i ask someone else to pick this up . Should the big anchor have an underling or do it myself . No, you could have wait until were off the air. Why are you excited about getting the chipsti the chapstick . Like 29 cents. I cant suck up properly without the chapstick. Heres the question, since i mentioned chapstick on the air, why do you get all the loot and i get nothing . You have to ask pfizer. I assume because im me and youre you, as i said in the email. Im not going to touch the email exchange. Rebels at vanderbilt this weekend. Tenpoint favorites. What do you think . I dont know. You guys are shaky. Although you had a win didnt you beat texas a m last saturday . Two words, two words, though theyre a complete team and wonderful people, shea and patterson. Two words to get to know. Shea parent son. Watch him on scc net. Freshm freshman phenom. Proud to have you in red and blue. I dont think thats in the cards. I dont think thats going to happen. As youre sitting there as youre watching that game with all your chapstick, i hope you have a heck of a good weekend. Well, you make it sound fetishy, and thats weird. We have one minute remaining, and you cant have it. Ill watch you this weekend on the Fox News Sunday. Chris talks with the head of the trump Transition Team. And then Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer. Then theres football in the afternoon, Chris Wallace in the morning. Enjoy it. Bring chapstick. Nobody would ever call donald trump shy, no one i know. The former adviser he most keeps a point of making a low profile. What is it about his soninlaw, ivankas husband, that has the president elect keeping him by his side . Thats coming up on this friday afternoon. Again, friday, the best day. All finished. Umm. You wouldnt want your painter to quit part way. I think you missed a spot. So when it comes to pain relievers, why put up with just part of a day . Aleve, live whole not part. Painter you want this color over the whole house . I wanti did my ancestrydna and where i came from. And i couldnt wait to get my pie chart. The most shocking result was that im 26 native american. I had no idea. Just to know this is what im made of, this is where my ancestors came from. And i absolutely want to know more about my native american heritage. Its opened up a whole new world for me. Discover the story only your dna can tell. Order your kit now at ancestrydna. Com. We asked people to write down the things they love to do most on these balloons. Travel with my daughter. Roller derby. Now give up half of em. Do i have to . This is a tough financial choice we could face when we retire. But, if we start saving even just 1 more of our annual income. We could keep doing all the things we love. Prudential. Bring your challenges. Were learning more about a man in crumps Transition Team, his soninlaw in Donald Trumps Transition Team, his soninlaw, Jared Kushner. A harvard grad who started taking over the familys Real Estate Company like donald trump did. The New York Times reports kushner was behind demoting Chris Christie in the transition chairman and kicking his allies off the team. The campaign denies that. Theres good reason to believe it. We have more on this. Trace, kushner and christie, they have a bit of a history. Reporter they do. In 2004 while he was the u. S. Attorney for new jersey, Chris Christie prosecuted the case against Jared Kushners father, charles, for tax evasion, witness tampering. Charles kushner, a prominent democratic donor, was convicted and sentenced to two years. The case made huge headlines and helped launch Chris Christie into the republican elite. The trump team flatly denies that Jared Kushner was behind the perjurying of christie and his purging of christie and his allies from the Transition Team. Couldnt be further from the truth. Jared did a fantastic job with the campaign. Obviously the president elect respects his counsel very much. And a number of people who hes had the opportunity to work with during the campaign. Reporter the Transition Team says lobbyists are the only ones being kicked off and thats to make good on a trump Campaign Promise. Jared kushners getting a lot of attention for a guy who doesnt like the spotlight at all. Kushner is calm, composed, and camera shy. The president elect says his soninlaw is very good at politics, despite the fact that he has zero political experience. And really had no official position with the trump campaign. But kushner is making his own mark in business. He owns a skyscraper on 5th avenue in man a few blocks from trump you toer it. Ten years ago at 25 years old, Jared Kushner bought new York Observer newspaper. The orthodox jew even used the editorial section to defend donald trump against accusations of antisemitism. Its unclear what advisory role if any Jared Kushner will take on during the trump administration. He sdrcertainly does appear to e the president elects ear. Thank you. Ahead, president elect Trump Holding gettogethers with big names who have sharply criticized him. South carolinas governor, nikki haley, and former president ial candidate ted cruz and mitt romney. 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